Charles Babbage (1792–1871) articulated the principles behind modern computing machines. This compilation of his writings, plus those of several of his contem

Inventor, reformer, mathematician, philosopher, scientist and critic. Charles Babbage, a controversial 19th-century figure, saw both glory and failure.

Charles Babbage, pioneer in the field of computing machines, is well known today as the development and dissemination of computers has made it clear that he was

Traces the life and work of the man whose nineteenth century inventions led to the development of the computer.